The inaugurated integrated agro- industry parks have created job opportunities for 1,713 people.

Mr. Henok is the group leader at integrated agro- industrial parks coordination project. He has made an exclusive interview with the communication affairs directorate. During his interview session, said that the Ethiopia government has wished-for modernizing the manufacturing sector. To carry out this colossal hallucination different industrial parks are being built across the country.

Among those parks the integrated agro-industrial parks are the major parks that are being built in four regions for pilot deed. Among those parks, the 3 parks those are yirgalem, Bulbula and Bure were inaugurated in the last fiscal year and yirgalem and Bure parks have started their manufacturing process mr. Henok added.

On these parks, 23 investors are being invested their wealth to substantiate their comparative and competitive advantages as he mentioned.

Currently, the three integrated agro industry parks have created job opportunity for 1713 people. This is a golden opportunity to implement one of the key government strategies which says “creating job opportunity for the citizen” according to Mr. Henok.

As him these investors are spending 186 million 831thousonds

and 365 USD initial investment and some of them have already started to export their products. This is an excellent start up and could be taken as an exemplar for the other investors that have aspired to invest in the sector.

Source: Ministry of trade and industry